US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday called on the Myanmar military to release all government officials and civil society leaders and respect the will of the people of Burma as expressed in the democratic elections on November 8, 2020. In a statement, Blinken said, “We call on Burmese military leaders to release […]
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Myanmar’s first vice president Myint Swe appointed as acting president after military coup: Report
Myanmar’s first Vice-President Myint Swe will serve as the acting president of the country, the military-owned Myawady TV announced after the army staged a coup and detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday. The military on Monday declared a state of emergency in the country for one year. The declaration signed by First Vice President […]
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Myanmar military allays coup fears, says it will protect constitution
Myanmar’s military today said it would protect and abide by the constitution and act according to law, in a move that could allay concerns in the country that the armed forces might attempt to seize power. The statement comes a day after United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Western embassies […]
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Myanmar army chief’s rhetoric fuels fears of a coup
Myanmar’s army chief has raised the prospect of scrapping the country’s constitution as fears swirl about a possible coup by the military over electoral fraud concerns. The army has for weeks alleged widespread voter irregularities in November’s election, which Aung San Suu Kyi’s ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) won […]
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Myanmar receives first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from India
Myanmar today received 1.5 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine supplied by India to inoculate 750,000 people, the first vaccine batch delivered to the South-east Asian country as it fights one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the region. India is donating millions of doses of vaccines to a string […]
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Myanmar police scuffle with nationalist monk’s followers
Myanmar police scuffled on Saturday with dozens of followers of Buddhist nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu at a demonstration calling for him to be put on trial more than two months after he handed himself in to face sedition charges. Protesters, many of them monks, gathered outside the Insein Prison in […]
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Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi visits Myanmar, promises vaccines
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed closer cooperation with Myanmar and promised vaccines against Covid-19, state-run television said on Monday, after he arrived on the first stop of a five-day tour of Southeast Asia. Wang met President Win Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto head of the […]
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Death toll rises above 160 in Myanmar jade mine collapse
The death toll in a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has risen above 160, with more feared dead, authorities said on Friday, as search efforts continued for a second day. A heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake on Thursday and buried many workers under mud […]
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Thousands flee in expectation of Myanmar military operation
Thousands of people in an area of western Myanmar where there have been clashes between the government and ethnic rebels have been fleeing from their villages over the past week after an evacuation order from officials. The Rakhine state government in an order last Tuesday instructed village administrators in Rathedaung […]
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Packed in Myanmar’s decision to deport 22 insurgents, a sharp message to others
The 22 northeastern insurgents from six outfits flown out of Myanmar in a special flight on Friday have landed in India and have been handed over to the police in Manipur and Assam. Myanmar’s decision marks a huge step forward for security cooperation between the two neighbours that New Delhi […]
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International Court of Justice orders interim protection for Myanmar’s Rohingya
The International Court of Justice has ordered the implementation of emergency measures to protect Myanmar’s minority Muslim Rohingya population from genocide, ruling on a request by The Gambia on Thursday. The Muslim-majority African country has accused Myanmar of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention using so-called “clearance operations” that began in […]